Hey gang - please help me get rid of fire ants under my feeder where the corn drops.

Obviously do not want to scare deer off.

Any thoughts?

Gas, and move the feeder 15 feet

Id sprinkle some ortho on em. Doubt it would bother the deer much.

boiling water?

Fire ants or red harvester ants?

The ants are big, dark red and bite the s--- out of u. Very aggressive.

They are under s full 500 lb winch up feeder. It's not moving.

Amdro if they're fire ants, Ortho Ant Killer if not. Turn off the feeder while treating and maybe hand feed over to one side.

Extinguish Plus. Hard to find but most feed stores carry it. Broadcast on the ground once/year. Preferrably when it's hot and dry. Won't affect your deer at all.

Harvester ants (the big red ones) won't spook deer much if any. I'd leave them alone, they're about done for the season anyway, aren't invasive or a problem to other animals like true fire ants, and they are the favorite food of horny toads.

I assure you, you're losing way more profit to birds and coons than ants.

Man I don't know, we have leaf cutter ants and they're pretty efficient at corn removal. Easy to find their holes though by following the moving trail of corn.

I used Amdro Ant Block a while back and haven't seen an ant since, and they were all over my yard. It killed at least 6 different types.

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Get some Pyrethrin concentrate, or Permethrin 10% and pour a gallon of mix down the hole. then treat as necessary. I do this if the ants are directly under my feeder , it works and deer don't seem to even notice.

^^^ There you go, a better solution than mine. Organic and won't harm the deer. It works on worms, never tried ants, but if Western says so...

I use it mixed at 1oz per gallon of water (Permethrin 10%) and the ants will be dying by the time I'm through pouring, last a while too!

Diatomaceous earth will work also. It will be safer for the deer and not have any odor to spook the deer off.

Beat me to it Nav.

I stir the mound with a stick and then apply some charcoal lighter fluid and light it. It generally takes 2 shots but, by then, the mound is too weak to sustain itself. It doesn't seem to bother the deer.

Takes a long time and goes to pooh when it gets wet. I have about a 100# for dusting the dogs and the stuff does work, just have to stay at it.

If they are the big red ants, which sounds like they are, I wouldn't even mess with them. They are harmless.

Amdro will smoke harvester or fire ants.

I've used Amdro several times in my feeder pens. Works fine and no problem with deer.